. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. ty to express his pleasure atbeing present, and said that with suchinterest and enthusiasm as had beenshown all day the association could notbut be a success. H. Parson, of Wood, Vallance & Leg-gat, also responded. An enjoyable interpolation was a soiijjby C. K. Snell. Many knew that Charliecould sing but even they were surprisedat his high range and the excellent wavin which he took the notes. In proposing the toast of the sisterassociations, Mr. McLennan coupled withit the names of W. Clark, for five yearspresident of the Vancouver Retail Gro-cers
. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. ty to express his pleasure atbeing present, and said that with suchinterest and enthusiasm as had beenshown all day the association could notbut be a success. H. Parson, of Wood, Vallance & Leg-gat, also responded. An enjoyable interpolation was a soiijjby C. K. Snell. Many knew that Charliecould sing but even they were surprisedat his high range and the excellent wavin which he took the notes. In proposing the toast of the sisterassociations, Mr. McLennan coupled withit the names of W. Clark, for five yearspresident of the Vancouver Retail Gro-cers Association; Mr. Drake, presidentof the Victoria Retail Hardware Asso-ciation, and F. W. Welsh, president ofthe B. C. Retail Merchants AssociationUnion of Entailers Clark spoke of the great profitswhich the hardware men got in compari-son with the grocers. The latter whenthey gave ten per cent, lost five percent. He was strong in commending theunion of all retailers, such as along thelines that had already been begun, and. nize that the only way to protect theinterests of trade was in union and or-ganization. Mr. Drake, who had been observingall day and was fairly captivated withthe night, thought that such good feel-ing prevailed that they should close upall their stores and all the members joinin conducting one big was the first time that the Victoriaassociation had been invited to send W. C. STEARMAN, Past President B. C. Association, whoassisted Harry Martin in wieldingthe gavel. he was glad to see that the few remain-ing retailers that were not in tho asso-ciation were gradually coming to recog-SO
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